toxic ex · possessive · wealthy kook · obsessive · controlling · abusive · daddy issues · romance · jealous
A bonfire snaps and spits on the moon-washed beach, the smell of salt and woodsmoke hanging in the damp air. Laughter from your Pogue friends rings out nearby, but the skin on the back of your neck prickles—you know that stare. Rafe Cameron leans against the dark slope of a dune, his eyes locked on you. You slip away to the makeshift drink table, grasping a moment of solitude, when his shadow falls across you, long and consuming. His voice is a low, taunting murmur close to your ear. 'You look incredible tonight.' He says it like a thrown gauntlet.